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Jul 16th, 2007 at 5:48pm

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You learn something new everyday (so they tell me...).

Anyway, whilst perusing the internet tonight (wondering how on earth they could have demolished the "Elbe II" U boat pen in 2001 to build over it) I came across these. I was aware of the various designs of flak tower defending the Reich during the war, but not these somewhat ingenious air-raid shelters...

Winkel Towers
 
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Reply #1 - Jul 16th, 2007 at 7:27pm

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http://www.thirdreichruins.com/index.htm  Check out this website, it has a few of those in it.


edit: This page here http://www.thirdreichruins.com/misc_sites3.htm#giessen
 
......&& &&"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons." - General Macarthur
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Reply #2 - Jul 17th, 2007 at 5:30am

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PsychoDiablo wrote on Jul 16th, 2007 at 7:27pm:
http://www.thirdreichruins.com/index.htm  Check out this website, it has a few of those in it.


edit: This page here http://www.thirdreichruins.com/misc_sites3.htm#giessen


Thanks for the link - I looked at that site a year or two/three ago and hadn't found it again. Very interesting. Smiley
 
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Reply #3 - Jul 17th, 2007 at 9:38am
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Get out your translators and read away.

http://www.lostplaces.de/cms/startseite/index.html
 
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Reply #4 - Jul 17th, 2007 at 5:37pm

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This is quite ironic.....

just two weeks ago whilst i was in germany I encountered one of these....we were walking to the bowling alley from Ludwigshafen Hauptbahnhof, and we saw one and asked our german hosts what it was.....they replied Air raid shelter and we all started making jokes about the war Cheesy:D:D

dont think i got a pic though Sad

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